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WASHiNOTON BRANCH RAILROAD.?O. ami
after Monday asxt, ths U luataut, the cars will leave
the depot in this city far Baltimore at 9 o'clock A. M., in
stead of 9 3-4 A. M . as heretofore.
The object of this alteration is to render certain the ar
rival of tas train at Baltimore early enough to afford
ample time Cor passengers going North to take the steam
boat, which now depart* daily for Philadelphia, at half past
IS o'clock.
The afternoon train will, a* heretofore, tears the depot
at a (quarter alter 3 o'clock, P. M.
S9?dfitdtwtf.
(Globe, Native American, Alexandria Gazette, and Po
tomac Advocate.)
STOVES! STOVES! AND ORATES.
1HA VE just received from the North a venr larje sup
ply of Stoves. Orates, and doable Block Tin Ware?
Coffee Biggins, Dressing Boxes, <ltr 1 have Stoves of
almost all kinds, suitable for weed or coal. In the first
place, I have the Rotary Cooking Stoves of all the differ
ent sixes, No. 0, 1, 2, and 3. Teu Plata Stoves of all the
different sixes, both for cooking and plain. Franklin
Stoves of all the different sixes. I have some venr splen
did Parlor Stoves for burning wooH or loam. Coal Stoves
of all siaat. Dr. Spoor's Coal Stoves, fancy and plain
tops, from No. 1 to 5. Coal Stoves of other kinds. Dr.
Spoor's Coal Stoves and the Globe Stoves are most suit
able for Public offices, large halls, churches, stores, ar.d
steamboats, or any apartment where you wish a strong
heat. In fact I have Stoves that will heat any place, either
with wood or coal. I have the latest fashion Mantle
Grates, both low and high fronts, very cheap?and if I
have not a pattern of Grate on hand tliat will suit, 1 can
make it at the shortest notice, to suit any fancy. I am
fully prepared to do any ktml of Tin, Copper, Sheet Iron,
Stove, Urate, Lead or Zinc work, at the shortest aolioe.
Any person or persons buying Stoves or Grates from the
subscriber, or any other thing in his line, will have them
arnt home in good order, free of any extra charge Stoves
will be put up ready foe use, free of any extra charge.
All the above articles will be sold vary low, and all or
ders thankfully received and punctually attended to, with
despatch, as I shall have a number of brat rate workmen.
Five doors East of D. Clagett's Dry Good Store, next
door to E. Dyer's Auction Store, Penn. Av.
CLEMENT WOODWARD.
Sept. 9. (Intel, and Globe.) 3t8
Gloves, suspenders, stocks, woollen
SHIRTS, AND DRAWERS. ? We have to-day
opened?
30 dox. Suspenders, best kind.
SO do. superior Gloves.
SO do. Stocks, best make.
SO pieces Silk Pocket Handkerchiefs.
60 doxen Gentlemen's Ribbed Woollen Drawer*.
SO do. .do. do. do. Shirts.
6 do. Raw Silk Shins.
Also,
SO pieces Irish Linens.
200 do. Sea Island Cotton Shirtings.
BRADLEY dt CATLETT.
Sept. 8. ? 3taw2w8
NOTICE.
THE New York and Boston Illinois Land Company
will offer at public auction at their office in the town
of Quincy, Adams County, Illinois, on Monday the 27th
day of November next, lOO^XN) acres of their Lands situ
ated in the Military Tract in said State.
Lists of the lands may be had at the office of said Com
psny in Quincy and at 44 Wall Street, New York.
A minimum price will be affixed to each lot at the time
it is offered.
JOHN TILLSON, Jr.
Agent for tha,N. Y. it B. ill. L Co.
Aug. 25, 1837.
IswtNov?8
FRENCH LESSONS ?MONSIEUR ABADIE has
the honor to inform the ladies and gentlemen of this
city and vicinity, that he continues to give lessons in his
own native language, at his rooms, or private families and
academies, at a moderate price.
For particulars, apply at this office, or at Mr. 'Jonathan
Elliot's, Pennsylvania Avenue.
Abadie's French Grammar, and a course of French
Literature, for sale at all the Bookstores.
Sept. 2. 3t7
PRINTER'S PAPER.
PRINTING PAPER, with or without sixing, of all
qualities, made at the Saugerties Mill, Ulster County,
New York. Orders will lie promptly attended to if ad
dressed tothe Agent, WILLIAM BRADFORD, No. 16
Spruce street, New York.
HENRY BARCLAY, Proprietor.
Sept. 2. 2w6
MRS. GASSAWAY has taken the pleasnnt snd com
modious house at the corner of Pennsylvania Ave
nue and 10th street, which she will open for the reception
of Boarders, on the 1st of Septembei next. Mrs. G. will
take either yearly or transcient boarders.
Aug. 21. 4t7.
BOARDINO HOUSE.
MRS. TAYLOR can accommodate Members of Con
gress, or other gentlemen, either with or without
families, at her house, pleasantly situated, nesr the north
east corner of 10th ana E street; being from thence an
agreeable walk to the Capital or to the public Depart
ments.
Aag. 30. tIB
FOR SALE, OR BARTER, for property
in the city of New York, or lands in Illi
nois, the following valuable property in the
village of Oswego :
IE7 The rapid growth of Oswego, its un
surpassed advantages and great prospects, are too well
and too geuerally known to require a particular descrip
tion.
ID* A very minute description of the property is deem
ed unnecessary as it is presumed that purchasers living
at a distance will come and see, before they conclude a
bargain. Suffice it to say, that it is among the very best
in the place.
- Ity None but lands of the. first quality, with n perfectly
clear title, and free of incumbrance, will be taken in ex
change.
ID* Letters post paid, addressed to the subscriber, at
Oswego, will meet with prompt attention. An ample de
scription of the property offered in exchange is requested.
In East Oswbco.?The Eagle Tavern and Store ad
joining, on First street, with a dwelling house and stables
on Second street, being original village lot no. 50, 66 feet
* on First street, running east 200 feet to Second street.
The south half, or original village lot no. 44, being 33
feet on First street, running east 200 feet to Second street,
with the buildings erected thereon.
The north-east corner of First and Seneca (late Tau
rus) streets, being U0 feet on First, and 100 feet on Sene
ca streets, with the buildings erected thereon?comprising
part of original village lots nos. 41 and 42.
Three lots, each with a dwelling, fronting Second street;
the lots arc 22 feet wide by 100 deep, being part of original
village lot no. 41.
Lot, with dwelling house, [original village lot no 2A,]
being 60 feet on First street, running west about 250 feet,
across the canal into the river, so that it has four fronts.
In Wbst Oswkoo.?Lot corner of Fifth and Seneca
(late Taurus) streets, opposite the public square, being on
Seneca street 143, anil on Fifth street 198 feet, with dwell,
ing, coach house, stabling, and garden. The latter is well
stocked with the best and rarest fruit, ornamental shrub
bery, flowers, <5tc.
A lot adjoining the above, being 78 feet on Fourth street
by 58 feet in depth.
Six lots on First street, each 22 feet in )
front, running east 100 feet to Water |
street, with the buildings thereon.
The Wharf and Ware houses on Wa
ter street, opposite the foregoing, being
132 feet on Water street, and running
east about 110 feet to the river. [This
wharf has the deepest water in the inner I
harbor.] J
Lot corner of Seneca and Second streets, being 24 feet
on Seneca, and 66 feet on Second streets. Five Lots ad
joining the foregoing to the east, each being 22 feet on
Seneca street, by 06 feet in depth. The above being part
of the original village lot no. 36.
The north half of block no. 63, ticing 200 feet on Uttca
[late Libra] street, by 198 feet on Third and Fourth
? streets.
On Van Burin Tract ?Lot no. 1, Montcalm street,
being 200 feet deep, and running north along Montcalm
street several hundred feet into the Lake.
Lots no. 2 and 3, Montcalm street, each 66 by 200 (1.
12 " 13 "
13, 14, and 15, being 345 ft. on Bronson St.
240 on Van Ruren st.
300 on Eighth st.
North 3-4ths of lot no. 25, corner of Van Buren
and Eighth streets, being 200 feet on Van Buren, and 148
feet on Eighth streets.
Lot 82, south-west corner of Cayuga and Eighth streets,
66 by 198 feet.
Lots 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, on Csyuga st. 66 by 198 ft.
88, s. e. corner of Cayuga and Ontario streets, 198
by 104 feet.
89, s. w. comer of do, 198 by 195 ft.
70, on Seneca st., 66 by 198 feet.
58, s w. corner of Seneca and 8th sts., 66 by 198 ft.
50, n. e. corner of Ontario and Schuyler streets, 198
by 104 feet.
SO. on Seneca street, 66 by 198 feet.
75, s. e. corner of Seneca and Ontario streets, 198
by 104 feet.
76, s. w. corner of do. 198 by 130 ft.
64, n. e. corner of do. 198 by 104 ft.
46, 47, 48, 49, on Schuyler st., 66 by 198 ft.
The incumbrances on the whole of this property do not
exceed sixteen thousand dollars, which may either re
main, or if desired, can be cleared off.
C. J. BURCKLE
Oswego, N. Y., Aug. 22, 1837. 2m6
1E7 Compris
ing the original
f village lota no.
3 and 4.
THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND.
The session of the medical depart
KENT of ihis Institution, will conuuenc* Mi Ita
laal Monday of October next, and coatiau? uuUl il* last
day of February
THE FACULTY OF PHYSIC ABE.
H. Willis Bailby, M D., Prof?"? of Anatomy and
Phymulo^y.
Hbnbt Howabd, M. D.. Profess of Obstetrics. and of
the Disease* of Women aiul Children.
Michakl a. Fiblbt. M D., Professor of Pathology.
and of the Practice of Medieiae.
Kobkbt E. Dobbbt, M. D., Profeafur of Materia Me
iltca, Th*ra|*utics ,Hy?iene, and Medical Jurupfu
dtnce.
Willum B. Fibm??, M. D., Professor of Chsmistry
mi Pharmacy.
John Fbbbbbio* Mat. M. D.. ProfeBBor of tha Pnn
ciptee and Practice of Surgery.
Ellis Hbbmbb, M.D., Demonatratof of Anatomy
In mailing this annual announcement, the Truslsss rs
?ptctlully stale, that, in addition to B MBltiBal tacuUy of
great ability, having high claims to public coa&denc
patronage, this Department of the I niversity of Mwjland
offers other and peculiar advantages Uj
acquisition of Medical knowledge. P>B*d "? lh<- n^*1
favorable climate for attending to dissections, po*
sesaing oommodiona rooms for that purp?Bjl?
ty of Maryland commands an unequalled supply' olM*>
rial for the prosecution of the study ol Practical Anal v
such, indeed, is the abundance ol SubjoaU, that tht I i J
feasor of Surgery will afford /? tk.
of performing tkenutlvcs, under his direction, tmry ?W
col operation ?a great practuai advMtag*, not heretofore
furniahed.in any of our Medical Schools
This University has also an Anatomics M'iseurn,
founded on the extensive collection of the celebtaled A1
len Burns, which became its property by "J
ureal expense; and to this collection numerous additions
have beeusunuaUv made of late m.ny very v.lu
able preparations hsvc Uen procured from > ?
Italy?which together afford ample roeaiis to make a great
variety of illustrations of healthy and diseased
The Baltimore Infirmary, long and favorably known as
an excellent school of practice, is connected with theMe
diCBl Department, and furnishes every rlaaaof
the practical elucidation of the pnnciples uught by the
Pro lessors of the Practice of Medicine and of Sur^ry
wlio. besides their regular lectures, will impart CluuciU
instruction, at the infirmary, at staled periods, in each
week during the Session. ...? .. r ,ki.
The Chemical and Philosophical Apparatus ?fth?
University, is of mat extent and value, much
been selected in Europe, by the late distinguished Pro
fessor De Butts. And to a Laboratory, provided with
every thing necessary for a Course of Ch<Bn^ tMtrwB
lion, are united the numerous and varied
to illustrate the lectures on Pharmacy and Materia Me
dl Neither expense nor care has been spared to secure for
the University of Maryland the facilities necessary for
the acquisition of a thorough Medicsl Education.
THE EXPENSES ABE :
THB FIBBT COUBBB.
For attending the Lectures of six Professors, ^
each ? ' ' 9 u
For attending the Dissector and Demonstrator,
For attending Clinical Lectures and instruc
lion at the Infirmary, ?
8103
THB SBCOND COUBSK.
For attendance on the Lectures of Bix Profes
sors, t20
Graduation and Diploma, * * *
8110
The whole being only 213 dollars.
But Studenu who have attended one courae of Lec
tures in another respectable Medical School, may gradu
ate here after they have attended one full course in this
University?where the courBe of instruction is as com
plete as tnat of any other Medical School?each rrotes
sor being, in this Institution, required to lecture evenr
day?and where, from the facility with which SUB
J ECTS are procured. Dissections can be prosecuted with
more ease, and at less expense, than at any other place :
?here too, good boarding can be engaged, on as cheap
terms as in any other Atlantic City.
, THE orrtCBBS ABB,
His Excellency Thomas W. Veaxy. Governor of Ma
rylsnd. President of the Board of Trustees.
The Hon. Roger B. Taney, Provost.
THB BOABD OF TBUSTBBS.
Nathaniel Williams,
Vice President.
John Nelson,
Solomon Etting,
Isaac McKim,
Dr. Dennis Claude,
James Cox,
William Gwynn,
Dr. Hanson renn,
James Wm. McCulloh,
Henry V. Somerville.
Dr. Samuel McCulloh,
and
John G. Chapman.
Bv order,
JOSEPH B WILLIAMS, Secretary.
Baltimore, 26th August, 1837. twtlN5
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BANK OF WASHINGTON.
29th Acoust, 1837.
T the regular meeting of the Board this day, present,
the President and nine of the Directors, it was una
m"fteiolZed, 1st. That on and after the first of September
next the notes of this Bank be redeemed in specie.
2d. That all deposites remaining undrawn, (the same
having neurly all been received since the suspension of
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such as may be made in specie, and be at the time so en
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that all sums so collected belaid
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ON the first of July, 1837, commenced the tenth volume
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Back numbers have been re-printed to supply Volume
Nine, and five thousand copies of Volume Pen will be
printed, to meet the demands of new subscribers.
A few brief notices of the Knickerbocker, from well
known journals arc subjoined ;
" The progress of the Knickerbocker is still onward It
is conducted with decided ability, is copious and varied
in its contents, and is printed in a superior style. At this
season we have little space for literary extracts,and cannot,
therefore, enable those of our readers who may not see
this Magazine, to judge of its merits, otherwise than upon
our assurance that they are of a high order."?New I ork
American.
" We have found in the Knickerbocker so much to nd
mire and so little to condemn, that we can hardly trust
ourselves to speak of it from first impressions, as we could
not do so without being suspected of extravagant praise."
" It is not surpassed by any of its contemporaries sit home
or abroad." " It sustains high ground in all the requisites
of a Magazine, and we are pleased to see that its merits
are appreciated abroad a* well as at home.?A lb'ft Argus.
" This monthly periodical is now so well known that it
hardly need* commendation, having established for itself
a character among the ablest nnd most entertaining publi
cations in the land."??V. Y. Journal of Com
"The Knickerliockcr seems to increase in attractions as
it advances in age. It exhibits a monthly variety of con
tributions unsurpassed in number or ability."?ATat Int.
"The work is ir. the highest degree creditable to the
literature of our country."?\Va?h. (llohe.
" We have read several number* of this talented pe
riodical, and rejoice in them. They would do credit to
any country or to any state of civilization 'to which hu
manity has yet arrived."?Marryatt's London Metropolitan
Magazine.
" We hope it will not be inferred, from our omission to
notice the several numbers of the Knickerbocker as they
have appeared, that we have there lost sight of its charac
ter ana increasing excellence. It has become decidedly
one of the best Macaxines jn America. The proprietors
have succeeded in procuring for it* pages the first talent
of this country, a* well as valuable aid from distinguished
foreign sources."?Sew York Mirror.
" We have on several occasions adverted to the spirit
and tone of the articles contained in this periodical, a*
being radically American, and as highly honorable to our
literature." " It *ei??? th? spirit ?t the time*, and deals
witl> it boldly and aMy."??Balumori Amenta*.
" There la w publication among the innny we receiv*
from the old country, and from thi* continent, to tM re
ceipt of which we look forward with ht^W eipectMtee
than the Knickerbocker , atd it never disappoint* our an
ticipatlon*.n?Qim*cc Mrrcury.
" It* content* are of real eicUenee and variety. No
department is permitted to decline, or to appear in bad
contrast with h^urtr.
" Thia American Magazine bid* fair to rival aom? of
our beat English monthlies. It containa many very f xcel
lent artieles."?London Alias.
" It* eonteuta are apirited, well conceived, aud well
written."?U. S. Qatetf.
M In our humble opinion, this is the best literary poMi
cation in the I'liitiiU States, and i?erv?a the eitunatva
patronage it has received."?Columbia (a. C.) rtie scope
Tecms.?Fiva dollars per annum, in advance, or three
dollars for -n months. Two volumes are completed with.
in the year, commencing with the January and July num
bers. Every Postmaster in the UnKed States is autho
rized to receive autiacriplions. Five copies forwarded lor
twenty dollar*. Address Clark <f? Edton, Proprietors, 161
Broadway.
THE AMERICAN ANTHOLOGY 5
A Magauns of Pooiry, Biography, and Crituum.to I* pub
lished Monthly, tnth splendid illustrations on Ateel.
WHILE nearly every country of the old world can
boaat of its collected body of national Poetry, on
which the seal of a people's favorable judgment has been
set, and which exhibits to foreign nations in the most
striking light the progress of civilisation and literary re
finement among its inhabitants ; while England, especial
ly, proudly displays to the world a corpus jmetarum the
lustre of whoae immortal wreath haa shed a brighter glory
upon her naiue than the most splendid triumphs which
her statesmen and her soldiery have achieved, our own
country seems destitute of poetic honors. Appears, w-c
say, for although no full collection'of the chef trttuvres ol
our writers haa been made, yet there exist, and are occa
sionally to lie met w ith productiona of American poeta
which will bear comparison with the noblest snd most
polished efforts of European genius, and which claim for
America as high a rank in the scale of literary elevation
as is now ceded to older and in some respects more fa
vored lands. ... . . .
lmpreaaed w ith the correctness of this judgment we
propose to issue a monthly magaline which shall contain
in a perfect unmutilated form, the most meritorious and
beautiful efTuaiona of the poets of America, of the past
and preaent time, with such introductory, critical, Mia
biographic notices as shall be necessary to a correct under
standing of the works presented to the reader, and to add
interest to the publication. Those who imagine that
there exisU a dearth of materials for such an undertaking,
who believe that the Aonian ,Maids have confiued their
richest favor* to our transatlantic Iwethren to the exclu
sion of native genius, will be surprised to leam that we
are already in |>osses?ion of more than two hundred vol
umes of the production of American bards, from about tho
vear 1G30 to the present 'Uy. Nor is it from these sources
alone that materials may be drawn. There are but few
w riter* in our country who pursue authorship as a voca
tion, and whose works have been published in a collected
form. Our poeU, especially, have generally written for
particular occasions, with the remembrance of which
their productions have gone to re*t, or their effusions have
been careleaaly inserted in periodicals of slight merit and
limited circulation, where they ware unlikely to attract
notice to themselves, or draw attention to their sat bora
The grass of the field or flower* of the wilderness are
growing over the ashes of many of the highly gifted who,
through the wild and romantic regions of our republic,
have scattered poetry in 44 ingots bright from the mint ot
genius" and glowing with the impress of beauty and the
spirit of train, in quantities sufficient, were it known and
appreciated as it would be in other countries, to secure
to them an honorable reputation throughout the world.
Such were Harney, author of' Crystal ma' and the ' fever
Dream,'Sands, author of ' Yamoy ten , Wilcox, author
of the 'Age of Benevolence Kobinson, author of I h*
Savage Little, the sweet and tender poet of Christian
feeling, the lamented Brainard, and many beside, whose
writings are almost unknown, save by their kindred auto
ciates and friend*. , , ?
With the name* of those poeU who within the last few
years have extended the reputation of American lite
rature beyond the Atlantic, Bryant, Dana, Percival,
Sprague, Sigoumey, Whittier, Willis, Ace. the public are
familiar ; and we can assure them that there exists, though
long forgotten and unknown, a mine of poetic wealth,
rich, varied and extensive, which will amply repay the la
bor of exploring it, and add undying lustre to the crown
which encircles the brow of American genius. In the pub
lication now proposed we shall rescue from the oblivion
to which they have long been consigned, and embalm in a
bright and imperishable form the numberless ' gems of
purest ray,' witn which our researches into the litersry sn*
tiquities of our country have endowed us ; andweare con
fident that every lover of his native land will regard our
enterprise as patriotic and deserving the support of the
citizens of the United Stales,'as tending to elevate the
character of tliat country in the scale of nat ions, and as
sert its claims to the station to which its children entitles
it. With this conviction we ask the patronage of the com
munity lo aid us in our undertaking, conscious that we
are meriting its support by exhibiting to the world a proud
evidence that America, in the (tiant strength of her Hercu
lean childhood, is destined ore long to cope in the arena of
literature with those lands which for centuru* have boast
ed their civilization and refinement, and justly exulted in
their triumphs of their cherished sons in the noblest field
which heaven has opened to the human intellect.
The Amicbican Antholoov will contain complete
works of a portion of the following?the most popular of
our poetic w riter*?and of the other*, the best poems, and
such as are least generally known:
Adams, John Quincy Oould, Hwinah F.
Allston, Washington Hallack, Fit* 1-reene
Barter, Joseph Harney, John M.
Barlow, Joel Hillhouse, John A.
Benjamin, Park Hoffmah, Charles F.
Bogart, Elizabeth Mellen, Grenville
Brainerd, John O. C. Neal.John
Brooks, James G. Peabodv, B. W O.
Bryant, William C. Percival, James U.
Clark, Willis G. Pierpont, John
Coffin, Roliert 3. Pinckney, Edward C.
Dana, Richard H. Pren1^, George D.
Donne, George W. Rockwell, J. O.
Drake, Joseph R. Sands, Robert C.
Dwight, Timothy Sigoumey, Lydia H.
Ellet, Elizabeth F. Sprague, Charles
Embury, EmmaC. Sutermeister, J R.
Everett, Edward Trumbull, John
Fairfield, Sumner L. Wetmore, Prosper M.
Freneau, Philin ^ J,?hn P
Gallagher, William D. Willis. Nathaniel P.
In addition to the poems of the above named authors,
selections, comprising the best productions of more than
four hundred other American writers, will be given as the
*"The 'Jmerirlm Anthology will be published on the first
Saturday of every month. Each nnmber will contain
seventy-two royal octavo pages, printed in the most beau
tiful manneron paperof superior quality, and two or more
portraits on steel, with other illustrations.
Price, Five dollars per annum, payable in advance.
The first number will be published in December.
Subscriptions received in New-York, by W ilev &. fut
nam, 181 Broadway, and Griswold & Cambreleng, 118
?""" AU l"""
See. N. Y. Lit. Antiquarian Association.
NILES'S REGISTER.
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PROSPECTUS OF
THE UNITED STATES MAGAZINE
AND DEMOCRATIC REVIEW.
ON the lat of October, 1837, will be published at
Washington, District of Columbia, and delivered
simultaneously in the principalcitiea of the V'nited Stales,
a nsw Monthly Mugamine, under the above title, devoted
lo the principles of the Democratic party.
It has long been apparent to many of the reflecting mem
ben of the Democratic party of the l imed States, that a
periodical for the advocacy and diffusion of their political
principles, similar to those in such active and influential
operation in England, is a desideratum of the highest im
portance to supply?a periodical which should unite with
the attractions of a sound and vigorous literature, a poli
tical character capable of giving efficient support to the
doctrines and measures of that party, now maintained by
a large majority of the People. Discussing the great
questions of polity before the country, expounding and
advocating the Democratic doctrine through the most able
pens that that party can furnish, in srticles of greater
length, more condensed force, morr elaliorate research,
and more elevated tone than is possible for the newspaper
press, s Magazine of this character becomes an instru
ment of inappreciable value for the enlightenment and
formation of public opinion, and for the support of the
principles which it advocates. By these meuns, by thus
explaining and defending the measures of the Democratic
party, aud by always furnishing lo the public a clear and
powerful commentary upon those complex questions of
policy which so frequently distract the country, and upon
which, imperfectly understood as they often are by
friends, and misrepresented and distorted as they never
fiiil lo be by political opponents, it is of the utmost impor
tance that the public should be fully and rightly infyrmed,
it is hoped that the periodical in question may be made to
exert a beneficial, rational, and lasting influence on the
public mind.
Olhcn considerations, which cannot be two highly appre
ciated, will render the establishment snd success of the
proposed Magaxine of very great importance
In the mighty struggle of antagonist principles which is
now going on in society, the Democratic Party of the Uni
ted Stales stands committed to the world as the deposito
ry and exemplar of those cardinal doctrines of political
faith w ith which the cause of Me People in every age and
country is identified. Chiefly from the want of a con
venient means of concentrating the intellectual energies
of its disciples, this party has hitherto been almost wholly
unrepresented in the republic of letters, while the views
and policy of its opposing creeds are daily advocated by
the ablest and most commanding efforts of genius and
learning.
In the United States Mauazine the attempt will be
made to remove this reproach.
The present is the time peculiarly appropriate for Ihe"
commencement of auch an undertaking. The Democratic
body of the Union, after a conflict which tested to ihe ut
termost its stability and its principles, have succeeded in
retaining possession of the executive administration of
the country, in the consequent comparative re pot. e from
political strife, the period is auspicious for organising and
calling to its aid anew and powerful ally of this charac
ter, interfering with none and co-operating with all.
Co-ordinate w ith this main design of The United States
Magaxine, no care nor cost will be spared to render it, in
a literary point of "view, honorable to the country, and fit
to cope in vigor of rivalry with its European competitors.
Viewing the English language as ihe noble heritage and
common birthright of all who speak the tongue of Milton
and Shakspearo, it will lie the uniform object of its con
ductors lo present only the finest productions in the vari
ous branches of literature that can lie procured, and to
diffuse ihe benefit of correct models of laale and worthy
execution.
In tins department the exclusiveness of party, w hich is
insepsrable from the political department of such a work,
will have no place. Here we all stand on a neutral
ground of equality and reciprocity, where those universal
principles of tsste to which we are all alike subject, w ill
alone lie recognized as the common law, Our political
principles cannot be compromised, but our common litera
ture it will lie our common pride to chcnsh and extend,
with a liberality of feeling unbiassed by partial or minor
views.
Aa the United States Magazine is founded on the
broadest basis which the means and influence of the De
mocratic patty in the United States can present, it is in
tended to render it in every respect a thoroughly Nation
al Work, not merely designed for ephemeral interest and
attraction, but to continue of |>ennancr,t historical value.
With thia view a consideraUe portion of each number will
be appropriated to the following subjects, in addition to
the general features referred lo above :
A general summary of Political and of Domestic Intel
ligence, digested in the order of the States, comprising all
the authentic important facls of the preceding month.
General Literary Intelligence, Domestic and Foreign.
General Scientific Intelligence, including Agricultural
Improvements, a notice of all new Patents, iic.
A condensed account of new works of Internal Im
provement throughout the Union, preceded by a general
view of all now in operation or in progress.
Military and Naval News, Promotions, Changes, Move
ments, die.
Foreign Intelligence.
Biographicsl obituary notices of distinguished persons.
After the close of each session of Congress, an extra
or an enlarged number will be published, containing a ge
neral review and history of its proceedings, a condensed
abstract of important official documents, and the acts of
the session.
Advantage will also be taken of the mesns concentrated
in this establishment from all quarters of the Union, to
collect and digest such extensive staliatical observations
on all the most important interests of the country as can
not fail lo prove of very great value.
This portion of the work will be separately paged, so
as to admit of binding by itself, and will be furniahedwith
a copious index, so that the United States Magazine will
also constitute a Complete Annual Register, on a
scale unaltempted before, ami of very great importance to
all classes, not only as sffording a current and combined
view, from month to month, of the subjects which it will
comprise, but also for record and reference through future
years; the value of which wiTl increase with the duration
of the work.
Although in its political character the United States
Magazine addresses its claims to the support of Ihe De
mocratic party, it in hoped that its other features referred
to aboye?independently of ihe desirable object of Incom
ing acquainted with the doctrines of an opponent thus
advocated?will recommend it to a liberal and candid
support from all parties, nnd from the large class of no
P*ny
To promote the popular objects in view, and relying up
on the united support of the Democratic party, as well as
from others, the price of subscription is fixed at tlie low
rate of fivt dollars per annum ; w hile in mechanical ar
rangement, and in size, ouantity of matter, die., the Uni
ted States Magazine w ill be placed on a par at least with
the leading monthlies of Englsnd. The whole will foim
three large octavo volumes each yesr.
B_r Terms : >5 in advance, or $6on the delivery of the
third number. In return for a remittance of ?20, five co
pies will lie sent; of $50, thirteen copies will tie sent;
and of 9100, twenty-nine copies.
lis All communications lo be addressed (post paid) to
the publishers.
TAMMANY HALT..
At a regular meeting of the Democratic Republican Gen
eral Committee, of the city and county of New-York,
held at Tammany Hall, on Thursday evening, April 0,
1*17,
The prospectus issued by Messrs. I.angtree ft O'Sulli
van, for the publication, at the city of Washington, of a
monthly magazine, to be entitled the United States Maga
zine and Democratic Review, having been presented and
read, it was thereupon.
Resolved unanimously, That, in the opinion of this
Committee, the work referred to in the prospectus will
prove highly useful to the Democratic Party, snd benefi
cial to the community ; that the plan of the work appears
to be judiciously adapted to the attainment of the impor
tant objects announced by the publishers, and we cordially
recommend it to Ihe support of our fellow citizens.
An extract from the minutes.
Edward Sandpord. Secretary.
ADVERTISEMENTS
It ia intended to render the United States Magazine a
medium for literary and fsneral advertising, fur which iU
thorough circulation ia ?#rj State of the Union,
abroad, will render it very advantageous
Advertisements will be iuaerted on the rover of the
United Slates Magazine on the following term* :
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Single pages stitched in for 92 SO; 8 page*, 910; |(i
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livered by hand in the targe eitiea, and 3000 of each will
be required The other advertiaementa are publiahed in
every copy. A Magazine being generally preserved, and
rvluined tor perusal for aaontha ou the faintly table, ren
dera it a muck mora desirable agent for appropriate adver
tiauig than ncwapaiiera or other evanescent periodicals.
Advertiaementa will be received by all the Agenta.
try Bllla intended for atitching with the rover, if deliv
ered at the following places, free of expenae, will be re
gularly forwarded ?-Boston, and Eastern States, Otm.
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should l>e sent not later than the 10th day of the mouth
previous to that required for insertion.
, LANGTREE it O'SULLIVAN
Wa*hington, D. C., March 4, 1837.
PROSPECTUS
TO THE
AMERICAN MONTHLY MAGAZINE,
roa 1837.
rive DOLLARS FEB YEAR.
ON the first of January was publiahed the first niimUr of
the ninth volume of the American Monthly Magazine.
This will commence the aeoond year of "the New Series
of the American Monthly." One year has passed since,
by the union of the New England Magazine with this
well eatabliahed periodical, the resource* of a publication
which hud previously alioorbed those of the American
Monthly Review and of the United State* Magazine,
were all concentrated in the American Monthly Maga
zine ; |iving at once ao broad a basis to the work as to
atamp ita national character and ensure its permanency
The number of pages, which have each month exceeded
one hundred, was at the aame time increased, to male
room for an additional supply of original matter ; and each
number of the work throughout the year has been orna
mented with an engraving, executed by the first artists in
the country. How far the literary content! of the Maga
zine have kept paee with theae secondary improvement*,
the nublie are the best judges. The sun of the proprietor*
has been from the first to establish a periodical which
ahould hsve a tone and character of its own ; and which,
while rendered sufficiently amusing to ensure its circula
lion, ahould ever keep for ita main object the promotion of
good taste, and sound, vigorous and fearless thinking, up
on whatever subject it undertook to discuss ; which, in a
word, should make its way into public favor, and establish
its claims to consideration, rather by what should tie
found in Us pages than by any eclat which the name* of
popular contributors, or the dissemination of laudatory
paragrapha, could confer. Nor has the American Monthly
lisd any reason to regret having adopted and followed out
the course prescribed to itself from the first. It has in
deed lost both contributors and subscribers by the tone of
aome of its papers ; but by the more enlightened who have
judged of the tendency of the work in the aggregate and
not by ita occasional difference of opinion with themselves,
it haa been sustained with spirit and liberality. It ha*
been enabled to merge from infancy and dependence upon
extrinsic circumstances; and the quickening power of
many minds, laboring successively or in unison, has 111
fuaed vitality into the creation while shaping it into form,
until now it has a living principle of its own. It haw be
come something, it is hoped, which " the world would not
willingly let die,"
But though the subscription list of the American Monthly
has enlarged with the publications of every number during
the last year, it is not yet sufficiently full to justify the
publishers in carrying into effect their plan of liberally
compensating both the regular contributors and evenr wri
ter that furnishes a casual paper for the week. Nor till
literary labor in every department of a periodical is arte
quately thu* rewarded, can it fully auatain or merit the
character which an occasional article from a well pair!
popular pen may give.
If these views lie just, there is no impertinent* in ap
pealing here to the public to aasiat in furthering them by
promoting the prosperity of the American Monthly Maga
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PROSPECTUS OF THE
SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER,
THOMAS W. WHITE, EDITOB AND PBOrRlBTOB.
This is a monthly magazine, devoted
chiefly to literature, but occasionally finding room
for articleH that fall within the scope of Science ; and not
profesaing an entire disdain of tasteful sclrctum*, though
ita matter haa been, as it will continue to be, in the main,
original.
Party politics and controversial theology, as far ns pos
sible, are jealoualv excluded. They are sometimes ao
blended with diacusaions in literature or in moral science,
otherwise unobjectionable, as to gain admittance for the
aake of the more valuable matter to which they adhere
but whenever that happens, they are incidental only ; not
primary. 'I'hey are dross, tolerated only because it can
not well be severed from the 8terling ore wherewith it is
incorporated.
Reviews and Critical Notices occupy their due apace
in the work; and it la the editor'a aim that they ahould
have a threefold tendency?to convey in a condensed
form, such valuable truths or interesting incidenta as are
embodied tn the works reviewed,?to direct the reader'-,
attention to book* that deserve to he read,?and to warn
him against wasting time and money upon that large mini
her, which merit only to tie burned. In this age of publi
cations, that by their variety nnd multitude distract and
overwhelm every undiscriminating student, impartial
criticism, governed by the views just mentioned, ia one ol
the moat ineatimablc and indispensable of auxiliaries, to
him w ho does wiah to discriminate.
Essays and Tales, having in view utility or amusement,
or both,?Historical Sketches,?and Reminiscences ot
events too minute for history, yet elucidating it, and height
ening its interest.?may be regarded as forming the staple
of the work. And of indigenous poetry, enough is pub
lished?sometimes of no mean atrain?to manifest and to
cultivate the growing poetical tuste and talents of our
country.
The times appear, for several reasons, to demand such
a work?and not one alone, but many. The public mind
is feverish and irritated still, from recent political strifes
The soft, assuaaive influence of literature ia needed. 10
allay that fever, and soothe that irritation. Vice and folly
are rioting abroad : Thrv ahould be driven by indignant
rebuke, or lashed by ridicule, into their fitting haunts.
Ignorance lords it over an immense proportion of our
people. Every spring should be set in motion, to arouse
the enlightened, and to increase their number; ao that thrf"
great enemy of popular government may no longer brood,
like a portentous cloud, over the destinies of our country
And to accomplish all these ends, what more powerful
agent can be employed than a periodical, on the plan of
the Messenger; if that plan be but carried out in practice.
The South, peculiarly, requirea ?uch an agent. In all
the Union, south of Washington, there arc but two literary
periodicals ! Northward of that cit^, there are probably at
least twenty-five or thirty ! Is this contrast justified by
the wealth, the leisure, the native talent, or the actual
literary taste of the Southern people, compared with those
of the Northern T No; for in wealth, talents, and taste,
we may justly claim at least an equality with our bre
thren; and a domestic institution exclusively our own,
lieyond all doubt afford* us, if we choose, twice the leisure
for reading and writing, which they enioy.
It was from a deep aense of this local want, that the
word Southern wna engrafted on the name of this
periodical ; and not w ith any design to nourish local pre
judices, or to advocate supposed local interests. Far from
any such thought, it is the editor'* fervent wish to see tlie
North and South bound endearingly together forever, in
the silken bands of mutual kindness and affection 1 ?r
from meditating hostility to the North, he has already
drawn, and he hope* hereafter to draw, much of his choicest
matter thence; ana happy indeed will he deem hintselt,
should his pages, by making each Region know the other
better, contribute in any essential degree to dispel the
lowering clouds that now threaten the peace of both, nnd
to brighten and strengthen the sacred tie* of fraternal
love.
The Southern Literary Messenger ha* now reached the
fifth No. of its third volume. How far it has acted out the
ideas heie uttered, it is not for the editor to say He
believes, however, that it falls not further short of them
than human weakness u*ually make* practice fall short.of
theory.
The Messenger is issued monthly. Each number of the
work contain* 64 large super-royal pages, printed 111
very hand*ome*t manner, on new type, and on paper
equal at least to that on which any other periodical 1*
printed in our country.
No auliscription will lie received for less than s volume,
and must commence with the current one. The price is
95 per volume, which must be paid in all cases at the time
of subscribing. This is particularly adverted to no* t'i
avoid misapprehension, or future misunderstsndinp?*<
no order will hereafter be attended to unless accompanied
with the price of *ul?cription.
The postage on the Messenger is *ix cents on *nv
gle No. for nil distances under lOOinile*-?over 100
ten eunt*.
All communication* or letters, relative to the Messen
ger, must be addressed to Thomas W V\ iiiti.
Southern Literary Messenger Office, Richmond. ??
THE MADISONIAN
Thb Madisonian is published Tri-weekly during the
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